INFORMATION FOR YOU IN A BIT. LIVE, CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. THANK YOU. A CRIME ALERT TONIGHT FOR WOMEN AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. POLICE ARE ASKING FEMALE STUDENTS TO BE VIGILENT TONIGHT AFTER TWO WOMEN WERE ASSAULTED LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FIRST ATTACK HAPPENED ON NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN TRIED TO RAPE A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST A HALF MILE AWAY. TONIGHT, POLICE BELIEVE THE SAME MAN MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH ATTACKS. CHANNEL 4'S ASHLEY HARDING JOINS US LIVE FROM GAINSVILLE. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? HEY DEGREE-- ADRIENNE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE AND WE'RE HERE AT SOUTHWEST 13TH, YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE CRIME TAPE IS HERE AND STUDENTS SAY THEY WERE NOTIFIED VIA TEXT MESSAGE AND THIS MAN COULD BLEND IN. HE WAS EVEN WEARING GATOR COLORS. UNFORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK THEY CAN. THE YOUNG WOMAN DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE HER NAME. SHE'S ONE OF MANY WORRIED STUDENTS. SHE LIVES ON SOUTHWEST 13TH STREET RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS WOODED AREA WHERE POLICE SAY A MAN GRABBED A GIRL FROM THE SIDEWALK AND DRAGGED HER IN. THE ONLY TRUE PEOPLE WHO I THINK CAN STOP THIS COMPLETELY AND PREVENT IT ARE THE PERPETRATORS THEMSELVES, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO STOP ANYTIME SOON. FOR SEVERAL HOURS, DETECTIVES COMBED THE AREA, LOOKING FOR CLUES. POLICE SAID THAT WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT. EARLIER THEY WERE CALLED HERE TO NORTHWEST SECOND AVENUE AND THE MAN WITH THE SAME DESCRIPTION PUNCHED A WOMAN IN THE FACE, TORE HER CLOTHES AND TRIED TO RAPE HER. SEVERAL WITNESSES CAME FORWARD SAYING THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD SEEN HIM. HE THIS SAW THE MAN ASKING FOR A RIDE TO THIS MOTEL, THE AMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN AND ALSO ON SOUTH 18TH STREET. POLICE KNOCKED ON ALL DOORS, BUT COULD NOT FIND THE MAN. POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS JUST BEGINNING. THEY'RE ALSO STEPPING UP PATROLS IN THESE AREAS. YOUNG WOMEN ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL. TO BE SAFE AND BE AWARE AND BE VIGILANT OF ANYTHING GOING ON AROUND YOU THAT SEEMS SUSPICIOUS OR UNCOMFORTABLE AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR HELP, GIVE IT TO THEM. AND WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT SUSPECT, HE IS A WHITE MALE ABOUT SIX FEET TALL TO 6-5 WITH A HEAVY BUILD. POLICE SAY HE HAS SHORT BROWN HAIR WITH A CLOSE-CUT BEARD AND THEY ALSO SAY HE WAS WEARING A BLUE GATOR SHIRT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION WHO THIS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -

Officers with the University of Florida and Gainesville police are searching for a man who they say attempted to rape two women this weekend.

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At 2 a.m. Saturday, university police responded to a call about a woman being dragged from the sidewalk into the woods along the edge of campus. Police say the suspect description matched another incident that happened at 2:40 a.m. Saturday. A witness told police they saw a man ask for a ride to the ABC Motel on SW 13th Street. Police and a K-9 unite responded and knocked on all the hotel doors but were unsuccessful in finding the suspect.

Then at 11:20 p.m Saturday, Gainesville police responded to a report of a woman screaming on NW 2nd Avenue. Police say a 21-year-old woman had been punched in the face by a person who ripped some of her clothes off and tried to rape her. Authorities say he was unsuccessful in the rape and disappeared into the crowd of hundreds of fans leaving the stadium after the season opening football game was canceled by lightning.

The suspect is described as a white man about 6 foot to 6 foot 5 inches, heavy build, with close-cut brown hair and a close-cut beard. Police said he was wearing a blue Gator shirt.

Gainesville police say they will have increased patrols in the area. If you have any information you can call 352-955-1818. You can also text an anonymous tip by texting keyword GPDFL plus your tip to 274637.

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